This thread amuses me no end.
The 'Replace Mancini' brigade are under the illusion that we have an owner like Roman Abramovich who is trigger happy and fire Mancini immediately if (what they consider) 'a better' manager is available! They have failed to spot some serious flaws in their logic.
[1] Sheikh Mansour kept Clueless on for a year and a half even though the club was going backwards for the last 4 months. He may even have survived then if he had actually given Khaldoon a plan for getting City out of the rut we were in.
[2] Time and time again our owner's appointees state they are in for the long term and any one with half a brain can see that many decisions and investments are made with the long term in mind.
[3] Why would the Sheikh give Mancini a 5 year contract if he didn't intend to keep his side of the bargain? In case you haven't spotted it 'Being a man of your word' is a critical feature of the Arab psychology. I actually think that the contract has a clause that allows either party to back out at the end of year 3 - but that is still 2 and 1/3 years away!
[4] Then their is FFP. We simply can't afford to sack him at the end of year one and stand any hope of coming within UEFA's guidelines.
[5] Our owner demand that Manchester City becomes a shining like for the values of Abu Dhabi. Hence why there is now a code of conduct for all club players and officials. City players and officials have a duty to 'respect' our opponents in all interviews. Do you really think Mourinho would project this image if he became City's manager? I seriously doubt it.
Yet against all the evidence to the contrary all the Roberto haters / Jose lovers keep banging the drum. Hopefully at some point you will all realise that we really do have the best owner that any Football club in the world could hope to have.The sooner the better really - as threads like this make all Bluemooners look like idiots.
